Frankly I'm not very fond of this name, and I especially dislike the English pronunciation of it ("Blanch" just really throws it away). It sounds so plain and yet so overdone to me. "Blanca," the Spanish version of this name, sounds prettier to me.

In response to echo_of_the_past, fair doesn't only mean "pretty" or "beautiful". It can mean light coloured, for example a very fair woman would probably look good, but also have rather pale skin. I hope I clarified that for you.

This is my middle name, after my grandmother. It's not very well known, and when people see my name as Lauren B., they always think it's Beatrice. IT'S NOT! I think it's okay for a middle name but I wouldn't want to be named this, no offense, grandma.

Considering that I've watched this British soap opera "Coronation Street" since I was a tot, and the Blanche on there is an interfering, nosy, grumpy old woman, it was only natural that I took an instant dislike to this name. I have thought it granny-ish and what-not, but now I've begun to like it, just as I have a lot of other 'older' names, such as Edith and Enid etc. It's become quite a fresh, young, attractive name to me now. It just seems to me that if you go around long enoguh saying 'Eurgh, I hate that name' you will begin to change your mind. So keep your options open! - I think this be a rockin' name for a kid.

Blanche is beautiful when pronounced in French. I named my daughter Blanche after the heroine of a French Canadian book, Les Filles de Caleb.

-- Anonymous User 10/27/2007

It sounds quite pretentious in either pronunciation. It's a French word, though, so it should be pronounced in the French way, don't you think? The English one just makes it seem like oh, once again, people pick a name, or more like a WORD, kind of like Bijou, in French, because they think it sounds so elegant and classy, but they have no clue how to pronounce it. But the French pronunciation sounds really elitist and snobby, and it's a word for a very common color anyway.

Blanche is really pretty--when pronounced the FRENCH way. The English pronunciation is absolutely horrid: "Blaaaaanch." I'm sorry, but that sounds like someone being sick. "Blawnsh" (French), however, is quite beautiful. I particularly like names derived from Blanche, or combined from Blanche and something else--like Blanchette or Blanchefleur.

Blanche Brier is one of the main characters in the Fairy Tale Novels series by Regina Doman. She is a modern-day character who correlates both with Snow White in "Snow White and Rose Red" and Snow White in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves".

Blanche "Betty" Stuart Scott was among the first female aviators in the United States. She was the first female test pilot in the US, and the second woman to drive an automobile across the country, in 1910. She was also the first woman to fly in a jet airplane, in 1948. Go Blanche go!

I love the name Blanche, however the English pronunciation is just terrible. I'm sorry, but seriously, BLANCH? The French pronunciation, BLAWNSH, sounds prettier. It was originally the nickname for a blonde, but I find it pretty for almost any girl.